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[001] on and the professors. #AID PLANS REVAMPED# Very _____ in his administration he informed the Kremlin throug
[002] urther complication that the administration had very _____ concluded that Laos was ill suited to be an ally, un
[003] , Mr. Hawksley said, then he plans to call a meeting _____ in September so that a civil defense organization wi
[004] as they did in the Republican administration in the _____ 1940s". Calling the Democrats the "party that liv
[005] GOP national committeewoman from New Jersey in the _____ 1920s following adoption of the women's suffrage a
[006] to last three days. The Princess said it was too _____ to say what would be decided if no agreement was rea
[007] ed along the avenue, now about 169 years old. In the _____ spring of 1913 a few hundred thousand persons turned
[008] The odds favor a special session, more than likely _____ in the year. #DISTRICTS ISSUE# Legislators always
[009] paid $7.20 straight. Toying with her field in the _____ stages, Garden Fresh was asked for top speed only in
[010] hich had what seemed to be a substantial lead in the _____ stages, tired rapidly nearing the wire and was able
[011] ew York with a clocking of 1.09.3, wiped out Mills's _____ pace and beat the young Big 10 quarter-mile king by
[012] , "I think I'll put that play in the book". The _____ Southwest Conference football leaders- Texas, Arkans
[013] s teams play in baseball parks and therefore face an _____ -season conflict in dates. If the Cardinals heed M
[014] it the ball harder and more successfully so far this _____ season than at any period in careers which, to be fr
[015] utfielder. Stengel probably preached too much in the _____ days when the kid wanted to pop his bubble gum and s
[016] nd between parolees and society. Her day starts _____ , but no matter how many pressing letters there are t
[017] T BEAT# But she does indicate festivities will start _____ , that a jazz combo will "give with the Basin Street
[018] edy Wall. The marriage will be quietly celebrated in _____ February. Miss Vieth was graduated from the Lou
[019] tain at a Vieux Carre restaurant at 1 o'clock in the _____ afternoon. @ Another debutante, Miss Virginia R
[020] Washington attorney and his wife, who were murdered _____ today in their Chesapeake Bay-front home, has been s
[021] IN 1954# The student newspaper, The Emory Wheel, as _____ as the fall of 1954 called for desegregation. "
[022] ACCOUNT# The officers gave this account: Thomas _____ Sunday went to the home of his uncle and aunt, Mr. a
[023] f the month. At the rate of need indicated in the _____ weeks of the month, this could mean a shortage of as
[024] in 1896. They've occupied a 22-acre site since the _____ 1900's. More than 700 employes make gin machinery th
[025] e will aggressively tighten monetary policy in the _____ phases of the upturn as was the case in 1958".
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[001] estimate that it would produce 17 million dollars to _____ erase an anticipated deficit of 63 million dollars a
[002] en construed this as a veiled effort by Parkhouse to _____ Dallas and other large cities get money which Cotten
[003] n. "Dallas and Fort Worth can vote bonds. This would _____ the little peanut districts". _AUSTIN, TEXAS_
[004] the first drafts of portions of the address with the _____ of White House aids in Washington with whom he talke
[005] last year passed a law providing grants to states to _____ pay medical bills of the needy aged. #CALLS PROPOS
[006] y school and transportation crises. "He calls for _____ while saying he is against centralization, but you c
[007] ilies. It also provides for funds to clear slums and _____ colleges build dormitories. The education bill
[008] 350 persons that the United States' challenge was to _____ countries build their own societies their own ways,
[009] ity to see us and to compare, he said. #INDIVIDUAL _____ BEST# "We have no reason to fear failure, but we mus
[010] nomically, Martin said, the United States could best _____ foreign countries by helping them
[011] foreign countries by helping them _____ themselves. Private business is more effective than
[012] she could to persuade her husband that the boy might _____ the team. As Hartweger accepted his silver bowl,
[013] ed for his efforts to stay in shape so that he could _____ the team if his knee healed in time. Within a week
[014] s sitting on the Bill's bench doing what he could to _____ Benington. On the clock given him was the inscrip
[015] d up to the Polo Grounds 10 years ago this month, to _____ the Giants win a dramatic pennant. ROMANTIC new
[016] killed one of the children, found today they had the _____ of hundreds of neighbors and school friends. Whil
[017] division on behalf of the Kowalski family. #STUDENTS _____ OUT# Houghton said 6 p.m. Friday had been set for a
[018] ion to agree tomorrow to an immediate cease-fire. # _____ ASKED# In Vientiane, the royal Laotian government de
[019] decided today to ask its "friends and neighbors" for _____ in fighting what it called a new rebel offensive thr
[020] said. #PLEA FOR ARMS# The Laos government plea for _____ was made by Foreign Minister Tiao Sopsaisana. He ind
[021] ge to the lowest point since 1934, farmers, with the _____ of extra fertilizer and good weather, are getting su
[022] and attention, Mary complained often that he didn't _____ around the house, and that he didn't really care abo
[023] icularly vital. But to the families it serves, their _____ cannot be measured. Family Service could not open it
[024] principal of the school announced that- despite the _____ of private tutors in Hollywood and Philadelphia- Fab
[025] cal- the Belgians needed carpenters and mechanics to _____ exploit the land, and trained many. But they did not
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[001] large stop- cocks which you will find upon the water- _____ . The water will penetrate into the reservoirs, and th
[002] ow brought around to the stern. There, at the water- _____ , were two large stop-cocks communicating with the res
[003] reef was the mark for which she was making in a direct _____ , under all steam, and the unfortunate colonists might
[004] apital of the alliance, is today closer to the NATO _____ . On the negative side of the balance sheet must b
[005] on. There has been more activity across the state _____ in Massachusetts than in Rhode Island in recent week
[006] the kickoff 30 yards, gained five yards through the _____ and then uncorked a 56-yard touchdown run before ret
[007] king while nursing a knee injury. "Our interior _____ and out linebackers played exceptionally well", said
[008] ome McAuliffe. Alusik then moved Cooke across with a _____ drive to left. Jay Porter drew a base on balls to fi
[009] eftfield corner, Paschal doubled down the rightfield _____ and Cooke singled off Phil Shartzer's glove. Ni
[010] PAUL-MINNEAPOLIS, MAY 1- ( AP)_ - Billy Gardner's _____ double, which just eluded the diving Minnie Minoso i
[011] at. _PHILADELPHIA, JAN. 23_ - Nick Skorich, the _____ coach for the football champion Philadelphia Eagles,
[012] eet with Roy Hamey, the general manager. Maris is in _____ for a big raise. Arnold Palmer and Sam Snead wi
[013] here also were reports of a collection at the County _____ Elementary School, 3505o Dequindre, which has been a
[014] division said it would be impossible to work on the _____ until then because of the large amount of acid sewag
[015] from jewelry plants in the area flowing through the _____ , heavy vehicle traffic on Eddy Street and tide condi
[016] anywhere cotton is grown. Murray makes a complete _____ of ginning equipment except for driers and cleaners,
[017] e than 200 employes. The company sells a complete _____ of gin machinery all over the cotton-growing world.
[018] orld. Hardwicke-Etter Co. of Sherman makes a full _____ of gin machinery and equipment. The firm recently ex
[019] ailroad president Alfred E. Perlman said Tuesday his _____ would face the threat of bankruptcy if the Chesapeak
[020] on its gain from the sale of property disposed of in _____ with a plan of liquidation. Louisiana, however, coll
[021] oung ladies who with little effort spice up any chow _____ . What does he feed his SMU football mastodons at
[022] in their saffron robes, filed through the cafeteria _____ . "They aren't supposed to look at women, you know
[023] porary furniture that is neither Danish nor straight- _____ modern but has sculptured pattern, many design facet
[024] evision, "La Dolce Vita" seems as harmless as a Gray _____ tour of North Beach at night. I cannot imagine a sin
[025] ene, the scholar will be particularly sensitive to a _____ between first and second class citizenship drawn on
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[001] against his physical weakness. The day closed without _____ . The colonists did not quit the "Nautilus" for a mome
[002] we must not conceal from ourselves that an important _____ is going forward. The volcanic substances are no lon
[003] d the sky, through which glimmered a few stars. "The _____ is rapid!" said the engineer. "That is not surprising
[004] the vessel was half-decked over. Up to this time no _____ had taken place on the summit of the volcano. Vapor
[005] t been able to deposit a notice pointing out Ayrton's _____ of abode, the commander of the yacht, after having ex
[006] eck [Ind.] said the message did not persuade them to _____ their opposition to compulsory medical insurance. Ha
[007] e some changes in methods, he said. #'CHURCH MEETS _____ '# "The church's ability to
[008] '# "The church's ability to _____ her methods is going to determine her ability to mee
[009] a 9-6 record this year and the Redbirds are 7-9. # _____ IN PITCHERS.# Solly Hemus announced a switch in his
[010] this week. "We're getting Friend some runs for a _____ , and he has been pitching good", Murtaugh said. "Vir
[011] n coming months, but "there is reason to believe the _____ will not be as abrupt as in 1958 nor as severe as in
[012] edestal. If the puppets are of uniform size, you can _____ them in accord with your child's whims. Althoug
[013] Princess Aurora of Friday's performance, would be a _____ for the better anywhere, at any time, no matter who
[014] in fact, had been a major factor in the President's _____ of view about the urgency of a meeting with the Sovi
[015] New Mexico's Clint Anderson offered a resolution to _____ the Senate's notorious Rule 22 to allow three-fifths
[016] lping- the British textile industry to shrink and to _____ over to other products. What's happening in tex
[017] The plane was sent back to the United States, for a _____ , but Castro kept the crazy gunman, who will prove a
[018] ction, the nature of the U. N. will not of necessity _____ . The Secretary General must have, subject to the con
[019] c schools basically sound and not in need of drastic _____ . Now, a close look at the schools in and around the
[020] otels on a nonsegregated basis. This is a radical _____ in attitude from the conditions which prevailed seve
[021] ghborhoods of Dallas. It is also symptomatic of a _____ in attitude which appears to be spreading all across
[022] ttitude toward it. There are many causes for this _____ . One of the most important is economic. Business lea
[023] A; (2) slow down and permit the ambivalent driver to _____ lanes; or (3) alternately accelerate and decelerate,
[024] t on his hands until the emergency comes will have a _____ of heart, will get busy and be the first member of
[025] y city are the primary case of slum conditions. _____ our taxing law so that no tax shall be charged to an
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[001] stomed track. who can say that it may not take a new _____ ? But the danger does not consist in that! Captain Nem
[002] a passage through the noble trees it devoured in its _____ , reached the borders of the lake. At this point ther
[003] tremendous buildings, plus shrines and monuments. Of _____ , 1600 Pennsylvania, the White House, is the most fam
[004] tch under the Army's accelerated wintertime military _____ , also at Fort Knox, Ky. The 22-year-old southpaw enl
[005] ith a record-tying 4-homer spree Sunday. Both, of _____ , were remarkable feats and further embossed the fact
[006] an 11 in the Texas open. The idol of the hackers, of _____ , is Ray Ainsley, who achieved a 19 in the United Sta
[007] lder is chairman. The Louisiana city is known, of _____ , for its fine food, good music and its colorful hosp
[008] er who knows good food. "New Orleans"? she says, "of _____ I've had the best. It is just bad luck that we are h
[009] She would be taxed on the pensions when received, of _____ , but the company's contributions would be tax-free.
[010] ig enough. #@# The logic of that is impeccable, of _____ , except that I feel like a fool being driven up to w
[011] the Navy Air Force. He was particularly struck by a _____ on Communist brainwashing. Kern began reading a
[012] ch private enterprise, diocesan authorities might of _____ have been goaded into establishing institutions su
[013] go after Colmer, which actually was the more drastic _____ , since seniority in the House is next to godliness.
[014] ns to benefit his Gulf Coast constituents. He is, of _____ , a segregationist, but he says he has never made an
[015] "Just when you think you have it licked, this golf _____ can get up and bite you", Player had said one aftern
[016] n the last few holes. The Augusta National Golf Club _____ got up and bit both Player and Palmer. Player w
[017] 80. As he signed his scorecard and walked off the _____ , Player was almost in tears. He could read on the ne
[018] ximity of Palmer. He outplayed Palmer all around the _____ and finished with a tremendous 65 to Palmer's 71. Th
[019] good one on which to score over the Augusta National _____ . The usually skiddy greens were moist and soft, so t
[020] e day, and by the time Palmer and Player were on the _____ - separated, as they were destined to be for the rest
[021] d see on the numerous scoreboards spotted around the _____ that Rosburg, who ended with a 73, was not having a
[022] gifted golfers were playing this most difficult golf _____ . It is almost axiomatic that golfers who dominate th
[023] hwest to the southeast, and nearly every shot on the _____ was different from the previous few days. At the 4th
[024] , and now, doubly dramatic in its jeopardy. This, of _____ , is baseball's most remarkable mark: The 60 home run
[025] smobile convertible), and Maris drives the 25-minute _____ from the apartment house to Yankee Stadium. Mantle,
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[001] coffer, you will leave the saloon, of which you will _____ the door; then you will ascend on to the deck of the
[002] ,' and you will lower the mainhatch so as entirely to _____ the vessel." "It shall be done, captain," answered Cy
[003] to make rapid progress. Moreover, the atmosphere was _____ , as if the oxygen had been partly burned up, and had
[004] l succeed Dr. J. R. McLemore, who will retire at the _____ of the present school term. Dr. Clark holds an ea
[005] stretch his blow into a triple, he was cut down in a _____ play at third, Tuttle to Andy Carey. The detail
[006] POUNDS LIGHTER# The 6-foot 3 inch Hansen checked in _____ to 200 pounds, 15 pounds lighter than his reporting
[007] nroe, and Mrs. Monroe. Only the families and a dozen _____ friends will be present. The bride's brother, Wal
[008] IAL)_ - Washington County's 36th annual fair will _____ Saturday evening with 4- H and FFA awards program
[009] kla., Maris in Fargo, N.D.); as halfbacks, both came _____ to playing football at the University of Oklahoma ("
[010] Caroline, winged Actor-Crooner Frank Sinatra and his _____ Hollywood pal, Cinemactor Peter Lawford, Jack Kenned
[011] e will appeal- but few think it will actually try to _____ the university. "Surprised and pleased", Students Ho
[012] hins era. At Caltech, Geneticist Beadle has stuck _____ to his research as head of the school's famous biolo
[013] d the shadows off the Franklin Mountains, police got _____ enough to the plane to pry into the baggage compartm
[014] e prospect of an annual yield of 4 per cent, or very _____ to that. And this is true in the case of some turnpi
[015] case of some turnpikes on which revenues have risen _____ to, or beyond, the point at which the roads start to
[016] t Nam turning back Communist guerrilla attacks comes _____ to an announcement that he will not recommend dispat
[017] ally sound and not in need of drastic change. Now, a _____ look at the schools in and around the ten largest ci
[018] said, heard that the plant was closing. It couldn't _____ , she said. She had raised a calf, grown it beef-fat.
[019] lb County cannery. "Is it so the cannery is going to _____ "? O. N. Moss, 61, tall, grey as a possum, canning
[020] he cannery helps the county, doesn't believe it will _____ . But he is in the middle, an employe of DeKalb, but
[021] everal years ago I was his pastor. One night, at the _____ of the evening service, he came forward, left his re
[022] e Brown's most formidable foe, with ex-Gov. Knight a _____ second. But the rest of the GOP gubernatorial aspir
[023] y him very much. In his CDC work, Carvey has the _____ -in support and advice of one of California's shrewde
[024] argest urban vote can be the balance of power in any _____ election. These are New York, Pennsylvania, Michigan
[025] sion to VA hospitals. But I don't believe we should _____ the door on nonservice-connected patients. This matt
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[001] jury further said in term-end presentments that the _____ Executive Committee, which had over-all charge of th
[002] the election, "deserves the praise and thanks of the _____ of Atlanta" for the manner in which the election was
[003] election, the number of voters and the size of this _____ ". The jury said it did find that many of Georgia'
[004] ncy and reduce the cost of administration". The _____ Purchasing Department, the jury said, "is lacking in
[005] ing in experienced clerical personnel as a result of _____ personnel policies". It urged that the
[006] personnel policies". It urged that the _____ "take steps to remedy" this problem. Implementa
[007] the jail". _(2)_ Fulton legislators "work with _____ officials to pass enabling legislation that will per
[008] ablishment of a fair and equitable" pension plan for _____ employes. The jury praised the administration and
[009] 7. His political career goes back to his election to _____ council in 1923. The mayor's present term of offi
[010] udy of the ADC program in Cook county by a New York _____ welfare consulting firm, listed 10 long range recomm
[011] ecipitated by Russia's demands and proposals for the _____ . The last 10 cases in the investigation of the No
[012] ot the function of this court", said Karns, who is a _____ judge in East St. Louis sitting in Cook County court
[013] full-time director, Raymond H. Hawksley, the present _____ CD head, believes. Mr. Hawksley said yesterday h
[014] said yesterday he would be willing to go before the _____ council "or anyone else locally" to outline his prop
[015] treasurer, has been a part-time CD director in the _____ for the last nine years. He is not interested in bei
[016] me local director. He expressed the opinion the _____ could hire a CD director for about $3,500 a year an
[017] ley said he believed there are a number of qualified _____ residents who would be willing to take the full-time
[018] A. Laughlin, he said. Along with a director, the _____ should provide a CD headquarters so that pertinent
[019] sley said. One advantage that would come to the _____ in having a full-time director, he said, is that Eas
[020] of the rescue trucks to the Riverside section of the _____ and the other to the Rumford area. Speaking of
[021] eaking of the present status of civil defense in the _____ , Mr. Hawksley said he would be willing to bet that n
[022] y point. Mr. Hawksley said he was not critical of _____ residents for not knowing what to do or where to ass
[023] regular intervals for residents to know. If the _____ council fails to consider appointment of a full-time
[024] n the form of a letter to Miss Mary R. Grant, deputy _____ clerk of Central Falls. A copy was released to the p
[025] ponding to a resolution adopted by the Central Falls _____ Council on July 10 and sent to the state house by Mi
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[001] the chimney," observed Gideon Spilett. "And we can't _____ it out!" replied Herbert. "The volcano ought to be s
[002] uinox will soon be here. Well, if necessary, we must _____ in to Tabor island to spend the winter. But think of
[003] a new school superintendent, elected, as a policeman _____ it, in the "coolest election I ever saw in this coun
[004] ector for about $3,500 a year and would only have to _____ up half that amount on a matching fund basis to defr
[005] one most likely to go, the redistricting battle will _____ to a test the longstanding power which lawmakers fro
[006] can hit a couple of passes on you for touchdowns and _____ you in trouble". The Broncs did hit two quick s
[007] all right away", said Stram, quipping, "I think I'll _____ that play in the book". The early Southwest Con
[008] d Carreon's first major league home run in the fifth _____ the Sox back in front. A double by Green, Allis
[009] single by Lemon and Gardner's solid single to center _____ the Twins back in front in the last of the fifth.
[010] With Skorich at the helm, the Eagles are expected to _____ more emphasis on running, rather than passing. In th
[011] rare, possessing the disposition that enabled him to _____ out the same for seven managers, reserving his opini
[012] in the snow plan here. He said the snow plan was _____ in effect too slowly in December. Equipment should b
[013] ionary Federation ( ARF)- two reasons the Communists _____ him away when they arrived in 1945. Today, M. K
[014] ng in 1959, Stein disclosed in an interview. "I _____ Arger on the payroll because he promised to get my f
[015] n many cases ended up with 25, and customers who had _____ in a bid to buy 400 shares found themselves with 100
[016] cert stage. A heart attack when she was barely 20 _____ an end to the 10-hour daily practicing. She
[017] an end to the 10-hour daily practicing. She _____ the violin away and took out some linen, needles and
[018] em as though the puppets were in action, rather than _____ away in boxes. Displayed as lamps, the puppets delig
[019] face; a frigid beauty, and three silly fairies. _____ them all together and they spell out the only four-l
[020] n't really get along without it. #@# "WHERE DO YOU _____ the lighter fluid, ha, ha"? asked the gas station ma
[021] #FOR CRUCIAL ENCOUNTER# One of the initial questions _____ to President Kennedy at his first news conference la
[022] ne-iron when a three-wood was the proper club, so he _____ the ball in a bunker in front of the green. His boge
[023] rator, but rather, as Trustee Chairman Glen A. Lloyd _____ it, "a top scholar in his own right"- a bright light
[024] bled endowment to $139.3 million. But though Kimpton _____ Chicago in what he felt was working order, some old
[025] d consequently will never end. But a historian might _____ his finger on a specific man and date, and hold out
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[001] sel. What could it avail to sow, to reap, to hunt, to _____ the stores of Granite House? The contents of the stor
[002] dy's action of Friday in voting itself a $10 per day _____ in expense allowances. Pelham said Sunday night
[003] arch being done on whether the "quickie" vote on the _____ can be repealed outright or whether notice would hav
[004] t says that "in the event Congress does provide this _____ in federal funds", the State Board of Education shou
[005] en against Dallas and Sen. Parkhouse. The bill would _____ from $5,000,000 to $15,000,000 the maximum loan the
[006] pay for other social security costs. #OUTLAYS WOULD _____ # Officials estimated the annual tax boost for the me
[007] field, the President said he will recommend later an _____ in funds for programs under the children's bureau. H
[008] CH FUNDS# The President said he will ask Congress to _____ grants to states for vocational rehabilitation. He
[009] medical research he asked a 20 million dollar a year _____ , from 30 to 50 millions, in matching grants for buil
[010] the maintenance of the nuclear deterrent. This _____ in the "threshold", as the conventional forces stren
[011] e more than doubled since 1948, each year showing an _____ in offenders. Among arrests reported by the Fed
[012] harter commission. "Our most immediate goal is to _____ public awareness of the movement", he indicated, "an
[013] names, it was learned, after being told that no tax _____ would be possible without consent of the General Ass
[014] he segregation strategy, since the revenues from the _____ would be dedicated to a grant in aid program. B
[015] 000 more a year after that. The ordinance would _____ the fee for rooming houses, hotels and multi-family
[016] to bring in an additional $457,000 a year. The _____ also was opposed by Leonard Kaplan, spokesman for th
[017] formerly raised pedigreed dogs. The ordinance would _____ fees from $1 for males and $2 for females to a flat
[018] onths of 1961 amounted to $634,517,000, a 4 per cent _____ compared to the corresponding period of last year.
[019] spokesman said there is no reason to believe that an _____ in the level here will occur as a result of the deto
[020] days is growing, not only as a result of population _____ and public acceptance of convenience foods, but also
[021] maker (1910) of boil extraction equipment. The _____ in mechanical harvesting of cotton makes cleaning an
[022] should be viewed as a lesson well learned which will _____ the probability of substantial improvement in this r
[023] 0 billion economy that is predicted for 1970 and the _____ of about 40% in consumer expenditures that will be r
[024] ring saturation and prospects unable to qualify". # _____ EXPECTED# The poll was taken at the Center's annual
[025] ment, "we are taking normal precautionary actions to _____ the readiness of our forces in the Pacific". Cutting